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Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications. In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.
Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada. Search review text. OK, if anyone is looking for a book with feelings and emotions, this is definitely not it. The characters are as flat and one-sided as they come, no internal dialog, no explanations, not much of anything to influence the reader as to what moves the heroes to pursue one thing or another.
But, the book is full of action, the writer's choppy stile could be fun to follow, if not a bit difficult, it just takes a bit of concentration, and it is fun! A major fantasy that makes fun of itself, what is there not to love? Again, if you need any feelings or have an expectation of your heroes to be emotionally involving, this book is not it. You end up wanting the protagonists to win simply because we know they are the protagonists, little else separates them from the rest of the characters.
I am sure most would find this to be a major flaw, but I just let the story sweep me in its current of action and it's all good:. Matthew Lang. Author 15 books 17 followers. However it really seemed to me as though the strength in The Vacant Throne: A Band of Four Novel was in the world building, not in the writing.
There were some very nice twists in the plot, and the novel was very fast paced, but the huge cast of characters struck me as poorly integrated and exemplarised the fantasy cliche of overly crazy names.
As an example, the vast majority of the names were made of strange syllable strings, like Xavalandro, Talasorn and Elroumarae. These were juxtaposed against compound descriptive names like 'Castlecloaks', 'Bowdragon' and 'Silvertree'. There appeared to be no rhyme, reason or rationale behind the syllables incorporated into names. There did not appear to be any cultural significance to the names, and it did seem like a case of 'it's a fantasy realm, let's have outlandish names'.
I also had a lot of issues trying to keep the characters sorted out in my head-more than once confusing Ingryl with Inthyl 4 of six letters being the same in each name , which was bad considering one was a protagonist and one was an antagonist.
Characters also came out of the woodwork to play a major role in the plot without being integrated into the storyline, or explaining their connection to the plot or the other characters Baron Blackgult being the prime example. Part of this may have been that The Vacant Throne is constructed as if it's the middle book in a trilogy, even though it isn't listed as such, only as 'A Band of Four Novel'. To me, putting that on the front should indicate that it uses the 'Band of Four' as characters, but works as a standalone novel, introducing characters in such a way that a new reader can pick up and dive straight into the book, and I really didn't feel it.
The main characters of this fantasy, sequential art story are ,. The book has been awarded with , and many others. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator. An empty Crown has cast the Free Realms into bitter, bloody conflict. Warlords, rebels, and rival nations all seek to claim the vacant throne. In the far north, a surprise attack by the Crimson Fleet has trapped the Baron Jakala in a remote refueling outpost as he attempts to reach the capital Pursued by the Hegemonic Crux's mounted cavalry, a desperate rebel noble heads for cover in the Dead Forest.
The troopers believe they have the target at their mercy, but the predators will soon become prey themselves to the hairy horrors of the woods! In the Londinium neighborhoods, someone has been collecting a limited series of objets d'art, busts of a famous French emperor -- by stealing them.
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